Following the success of last year’s 19th UPU Competition Class, this year’s 20th edition is already making its mark. It has been showcased at URUGUAY 2025, and BERNABA 2025 in Bern, Switzerland, and is scheduled to appear at GASS 2025 in Chicago, and PHILAKOREA 2025 in Seoul.
Twenty-eight postal operators are taking part, each presenting contemporary postage stamps in a one-frame, 16-page exhibit, evaluated under FIP regulations by FIP-accredited jurors.
Only a few weeks to go until the opening of the 7th Altmärkische stamp exhibition. It’s well worth a visit, because the exhibition has a lot to offer.
500 years of the erection of the Stendal Roland, one of the most important symbols of North German city rights. The Roland figures symbolise the independence and right of self-government of towns in the Middle Ages, and Stendal’s Roland is one of the oldest and largest in Germany.
What awaits you at ABRIA 2025:
– Regional competition exhibition with renowned exhibitors
– Special post office and special postmark (only on 14 June 2025)
– Team management by the association chairman, Helge Schinkel
– Jury chairmanship by the Vice President of the BDPh, Frank Blechschmidt
– A variety of study groups, clubs and traders
The following report, titled “Paolo Cardillo’s Encore”, was copied from Vaccari News:
In a way, a book being out of print is good news, especially if it ends up being republished. This is what has happened with Paolo Cardillo’s study and catalogue Prove, saggi e ristampe della II e III emissione del Regno di Sardegna (Proofs, Essays and Reprints of the 2nd and 3rd Issues of the Kingdom of Sardinia), first published by Vaccari in 2013 and now released once more.
“The meticulous work carried out by typographer Francesco Matraire is explained in a simple, clear way and illustrated with large, sharp graphic plates,” the author explains. “It is aimed not only at enthusiasts in the field but also at anyone who wishes to enrich their permanent philatelic library.” The research also includes other items, particularly portrait-only proofs and gold leaf sheets, along with officially authorised reprints produced by Matraire himself in 1863.
The volume consists of 160 pages, including 14 plates and 160 colour illustrations (€40.00). The text is presented in both Italian and English—“a testament to its international relevance, confirmed by the many awards it has received in Europe and the United States in Philatelic Literature class.” The material is appraised using a nine-level scale, with the lowest category valued at €50.00.
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20th UPU Competition Class 2025
Following the success of last year’s 19th UPU Competition Class, this year’s 20th edition is already making its mark. It has been showcased at URUGUAY 2025, and BERNABA 2025 in Bern, Switzerland, and is scheduled to appear at GASS 2025 in Chicago, and PHILAKOREA 2025 in Seoul.
Twenty-eight postal operators are taking part, each presenting contemporary postage stamps in a one-frame, 16-page exhibit, evaluated under FIP regulations by FIP-accredited jurors.
Explore the 2025 exhibits here:
https://www.upu.int/en/universal-postal-union/activities/philately-ircs/upu-competition-class-2025
Read here what the UPU Competition Class is all about:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/UPU-International-Competition-Class.pdf
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ABRIA 2025: Newsletter #7
Received yesterday from Norbert Sehler:
The ABRIA on the home straight
Only a few weeks to go until the opening of the 7th Altmärkische stamp exhibition. It’s well worth a visit, because the exhibition has a lot to offer.
500 years of the erection of the Stendal Roland, one of the most important symbols of North German city rights. The Roland figures symbolise the independence and right of self-government of towns in the Middle Ages, and Stendal’s Roland is one of the oldest and largest in Germany.
What awaits you at ABRIA 2025:
– Regional competition exhibition with renowned exhibitors
– Special post office and special postmark (only on 14 June 2025)
– Team management by the association chairman, Helge Schinkel
– Jury chairmanship by the Vice President of the BDPh, Frank Blechschmidt
– A variety of study groups, clubs and traders
More details in Newsletter #7: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/abria2025_nsl7.pdf
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Proofs, Essays and Reprints of the 2nd and 3rd Issues of the Kingdom of Sardinia
The following report, titled “Paolo Cardillo’s Encore”, was copied from Vaccari News:
In a way, a book being out of print is good news, especially if it ends up being republished. This is what has happened with Paolo Cardillo’s study and catalogue Prove, saggi e ristampe della II e III emissione del Regno di Sardegna (Proofs, Essays and Reprints of the 2nd and 3rd Issues of the Kingdom of Sardinia), first published by Vaccari in 2013 and now released once more.
“The meticulous work carried out by typographer Francesco Matraire is explained in a simple, clear way and illustrated with large, sharp graphic plates,” the author explains. “It is aimed not only at enthusiasts in the field but also at anyone who wishes to enrich their permanent philatelic library.” The research also includes other items, particularly portrait-only proofs and gold leaf sheets, along with officially authorised reprints produced by Matraire himself in 1863.
The volume consists of 160 pages, including 14 plates and 160 colour illustrations (€40.00). The text is presented in both Italian and English—“a testament to its international relevance, confirmed by the many awards it has received in Europe and the United States in Philatelic Literature class.” The material is appraised using a nine-level scale, with the lowest category valued at €50.00.
Available by Vaccari: https://www.vaccarinews.it/news/Il_bis_di_Paolo_Cardillo/38331
[image credit: Vaccari News]
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